Newsbriefs from Singapore

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

41/96

Date Released

1 Dec 1941

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Horse Racing in Baghdad
2. 2Peace or War in the Pacific
3. 3Newsbriefs from Singapore
4. 4New Homes for the Blitzed
5. 5World’s Biggest Bomber

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

British evacuees arrive in Singapore from Japan. RAF trainees recruited in Malaya who have completed their initial training will go on to complete their full training in Canada. They are inspected on Graduation Day by the Governor of Malaya. British and and Australian airmen patrol the dense jungle areas of Malaya in their American built Brewster Buffalo fighter planes. Men of the British and Imperial forces go through an intensive OCTU Training Course to perfect themselves in the methods of jungle warfare. Australian pressmen in the jungle in search of a story.

Researcher Comments

Officer Cadets Training Unit train British and Imperial forces in jungle warfare.

Keywords

Education and training; Mass media; Aviation; Displaced persons; Military

Locations

Singapore

Length of story (in feet)

186

Story extras:

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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